Partitioning for new distro install

[bassix]

Hi,

I'm planning on installing Arch Linux (anyone here use this?) on a win
xp machine for dual-booting. Reading the manual for Arch installation
http://www.archlinux.org/docs/en/guide/install/arch-install-guide.html
, mentions separate root and boot partitions (for the automatic setup)
http://www.archlinux.org/docs/en/guide/install/arch-install-guide.html#commoninst31
, but says all that is needed is a swap and root partition
http://www.archlinux.org/docs/en/guide/install/arch-install-guide.html#commoninst32
, and would this pose any problems? I'm just trying to decrease the
number of partitions on my physical drive (ntfs, fat32, swap, ext3).

Thanks for any pointers!
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